Stoem collar for overcoats



(NO Model.)

L. M. BROOK & M. WIENER.

- STORM COLLAR FOR OVERGOATS.

N0. 332,230. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS M. BROOK AND MAGNUS WIENER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

STORM-COLLAR FOR OVERCOATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,230, dated December15, 1885.

Application filed April 13, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS M. BROOK and MAGNUS WIENER. both citizens ofthe United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStorm-Collars for Overcoats, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to storm-collars for garments, such as coats andovercoats, and has for its object the provision of an independentdetachable collar which is readily applicable to'the garments by meansof buttons or otherwise, and which shall when set in place cover boththe inside and outside of the permanent collar, thus protecting it frombecoming soiled when turned up against the neck of the wearer.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of that side ofthe collar which is exposed to view when turned up around the neck. Fig.21's a reverse view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of agarment with the collar applied.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

A is the side of the collar which is upon the exterior and is exposed toview when the same is turned up around the neck of the wearer. A is thereverse side, which lies next to the neck of the wearer. This side A isnarrower than side A, as shown in Fig. 2, and is disconnected therefromalong the base, as shown, but united along the ends and across the top.This construction makes a pocket in the collar,into which the permanentcollar of the coat is placed when the storm-collar is in use, as shownin dotted lines, Fig. 3. When thus placed, the storm-collar covers boththe inside and outside of the coat-collar, and pro- Serial No.1e2,134.N0 model.)

tects it from the weather as well as from being soiled by the neck.

The outer thickness, A, of the collar is provided with button-holes oranalogous fastening means along its lower edge, as shown, to engage withbuttons on the garment.

When not in use, the storm-collar may be removed or turned down to forma cape and the permanent collar turned over it.

We are aware that detachable collars have been made with two piecesdisunited along one side, and with button-holes on both sides, and withboth sides of substantially equal width, and we do not claim such, forour collar, being made with one side, A, narrower than the other, A, andwith the button-holes in the edge of the wider side only, we are enabledto button the collar upon the coat on the exterior and place thecoatcollar in the pocket between the sides at any time, and to turn thesaid detachable collar down with the coatcollar over it, and have onlyone thickness of goods in the detachable collar where it turns over,thereby making a neat and thin bend over which the coat-collar is to beturned.

WVhat we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is A storm-collarfor coats, consisting of the side A, having button-holes or analogousfastening means, and the side A, secured to the side A along the topedge and ends, but free and disconnected therefrom along the base orlower edge, and of sufficiently shorter Width along this edge to enablethe collar to be turned down with only the one thickness at the bend,and to be placed over the permanent collar, in the manner set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS M. BROOK. MAGNUS WIENER.

Witnesses:

J. It. DRAKE, GEo. A. BURNETT.

